0301 Flashcards
(78 cards)
MAJOR ORGANS OF LYMPHATIC SYSTEM?
THYMUS AND SPLEEN
NOT LIVER
VEINS AND LYMPHATIC VESSELS ARE SIMILAR HOW?
HAVE VALVES
CAN LYMPHATIC TRUNKS SWELL?
YES VERY PAINFUL
WHAT HAPPENS IN CAPILLARIES?
GAS EXCHANGE, DIFFUSION OF GASES
WHEN FLUID IN LYMPHATIC RETURN TO NORMAL CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, IT GOES INTO?
SUBCLAVIAN VEIN
LYMPH DOES NOT HAVE
RBC, IT IS CLEAR LIKE H20 AND HAS WBC
TISSUE IN LYMPH HAS ..?
PROTEINS AND WBCS, NOT RBCS
PROTEIN FOR OSMOTIC PRESSUE
WBC SHAPE SHIFTERS
VILLUS IS IN..
SMALL INTESTINE
LACTEAL (VILLU) TRANSPORTS..
FATS
T CELLS (LYMPOCYTES) DO..
KILL STUFF
MACROPHAGES (SACRIFICE)
EAT STUFF AND DISPLAY ANTIGENS FROM BACTERIA AND SELF DESTRUCT
SPLEEN..
RECYCLES RBCS FILTERS OUR BLOOD
THYMUS GETS SMALLER WHEN WE AGE?
YES (ATROPHIE)
SPLEEN GETS LOST WITH..
TRAUMATIC ACCIDENTS
PATHOGEN
INFECTIOUS, SPREADS
INNATE DEFENSES
AKA INTACT SKIN
ADAPTIVE DEFENSES
T CELLS (KILL STUFF) B CELLS ( MAKE ANTIBODIES)
ADAPTIVE (SPECIFIC) DEFENSES OR IMMUNITY
BASED ON THE ABILITY TO DISTINGUISH “SELF” FROM “NON SELF”
T CELLS..
STIMULATE B CELLS TO MATURE
CHEMICAL TOXIN IS CALLED
PERFORIN
B CELLS
PRODUCE ANTI BODIES AND HUMORAL IMMUNE RESPONSE
CYTOTOXIC T CELLS
ATTACK FOREIGN CELLS (KILL STUFF)
HELPER T CELLS
ACTIVATE OTHER T CELLS AND B CELLS
SUPPRESSOR T CELLS
INHITBIT THE ACTIVATION OF T AND B CELLS (TURN OFF)